The forum will highlight best practices of countries in Africa of implementing successful sustainable development strategies and it aims to create new initiatives, which will strengthen African development in specific countries and for the continent as a whole. (More »)

Speakers for the Conference include:

President Olusegun Obasanjo
Former President of Nigeria

President Joyce Banda
Former President of Malawi

The Hon. Thabo Mbeki
Former Prime Minister of South Africa

President John Agyekum Kufuor
Former President of Ghana

The Hon. Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma (tbc)
Former Chair of the African Union Commission

The Forum aims to analyze and debate global trends of nation branding with a particular focus on sustainable business, tourism and responsible foreign investments and will demonstrate how these can be used as primary drivers for economic growth. (More »)

Speakers for the Forum include (among others) the following dignitaries:

The Hon Gordon Brown
Former Prime Minister of the UK

President François Hollande
Former President of France

The Hon. Irina Bokova
Former Director-General of UNESCO

The Hon. Fredrik Reinfeldt
Former Prime Minister of Sweden

President Hamid Karzai
Former President of Afghanistan

The Hon. Jan Peter Balkenende
Former Prime Minister of the Netherlands

The current political and security situation in many regions and countries together with the deteriorations of social norms for the use of violence, emphasizes the growing need for a greater cultural dialogue, understanding and trust in order to avoid further escalation. The 2016 Annual Conference on Cultural Diplomacy therefore focused, on raising awareness and support for activities that promote global human rights. (More »)

The Conference included Keynote Addresses from the Honorable Members of the ICD:

President Viktor Yushchenko
Former President of Ukraine

President Bujar Nishani
President of Albania

President Atifete Jahjaga
Former President of the Republic of Kosovo

Marek Belka
Former Prime Minister of Poland

Hon. Pedro Sánchez
Former Secretary General of the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party